Thanks for Praying!

In October, Love INC asked individuals, families and partner churches to pray for God to guide and bless Love INC.  We were especially in need of workers (volunteers) to serve in the office and on the phones.  God has answered your prayers!

Several new Intake Workers and Receptionists, along with other office volunteers and volunteers to serve our neighbors who have real needs, have come forward.  God has moved their hearts, and they have responded!  These volunteers are busy at work now, learning and being trained, and serving -- making Love INC the incredible manifestation of God's love in Gallatin County that it is.

Please keep praying, because a few shifts are still open.  Or, consider starting the New Year off with the joy of serving Christ and being a part of Love INC's wise and careful, relational approach to helping our neighbors -- consider volunteering with Love INC in 2013!

Again, we thank God for the provision He gives, and the answer to our prayers!

News & More

A great big "Thank You!" to everyone who helped Love INC reach its $19,000 goal during December.  Your generosity enables Love INC to begin 2012 on good financial footing, especially as the "Change Your Life" program continues to grow.  Your Gallatin County neighbors and fellow Christians thank you for supporting this joint ministry of 43 partner churches!

Opportunities! 
If one of your New Year's resolutions was to put your faith into action, touch lives with Christ's love, and/or challenge yourself, Love INC has perfect opportunities for you to realize your goal!  Here is a list of non-threatening places you can move forward in your walk with Christ:

• Be a Christian friend, encourager and accountability-person:  2 hrs/wk for 6-10 weeks.  Change a life!
• Give a ride to a student who is coming to Love INC classes:  1 hr. (do it once, or several weeks)
• Do phone calling to schedule volunteer drivers: work from home 1-2 hrs./wk for 6-8 weeks.  Be the reason students will get help and have hope!
• Be Christ's voice for a hurting person on the phone:  2 hrs./wk; training and apprenticeship provided, min. 6 month commitment
• Back office support (various clerical tasks; jobs tailored to your interests): min. 1 hr./wk.; flexible scheduling
• Call Love INC volunteers with reminders or current requests: 1-2 hrs./wk. or as needed; flexible scheduling
• Drop off 1 item for the Personal Care Pantry each month: dish soap, paper towels, tissue, shampoo, diapers, toilet paper, detergent, hand lotion, chapstick - 1 item, 1 time per month; deliver to Love INC office
• Don't hear much about Love INC in your church?  Be an on-the-ground coordinator in your congregation to inspire and rally the troops!  Training provided; hours flexible; one 1-hr. meeting per month
• Be a Love INC prayer intercessor: receive weekly prayer requests via email

There is something here for everyone here!  Be a doer of the word!  Live life as Christ provides and expects! 

Love INC has people waiting for Christians to provide the answers and the help they need and want.  They are "on hold" until we can find someone who cares.  Please help!

Together, we will bring hope, healing, tangible help and faith into hurting lives of Gallatin County residents!

Call 587-3008 or email loveincoffice @ yahoo.com (no spaces in the email address) for more information or to get started today!

Be a Friend and Change a Life!

Change Your Life, a self-help ministry program of skills training and one-on-one mentoring coupled with tangible rewards and incentives, is gearing up for the fall! Each participant needs a Christian friend - someone who will walk alongside them, support them with prayer and encouragement, hold them accountable, and help that person clarify their own goals. We call these Christian friends, "mentors."

Mentors are asked to serve for about 8-12 weeks, depending on the class that the participant/student is taking. The time commitment is about one hour, once a week. Change Your Life meets on Tuesday nights in Bozeman; mentors meet with their participants from 7:30-8:30 p.m., following the participants' attendance in their classroom instruction. Training is provided; all mentoring occurs in a structured environment under one roof.

Can you serve Christ, share your Christian worldview, encourage someone who is learning news ways of approaching life, and who is waiting for you to be their mentor? We have a waiting list of participants/students who need you!

Course offerings this fall: Finding Financial Freedom (money management), Becoming a More Powerful Person (character development), and Divorce Care for Kids (emotional recovery from parent loss through divorce or abandonment) with an accompanying course for the parent. Mentors are needed for the adult participants of these courses who are counting on Gallatin County Christians to be there for them.

Call Love INC (587-3008) or email rmloveinc @ yahoo.com (no spaces in the email address), put your faith in action and help change a life (it might even be your own!).

Note: All Love INC ministry workers, including mentors, are volunteers who must be members or regular attenders of a local Christian church and agree with the faith expressed by the Apostles' Creed (which includes faith in the Trinity, the two natures of Jesus Christ: fully God and fully man, and the bodily Resurrection of Christ). All Change Your Life mentors must pass a criminal background check.

Ministry Opportunity: Local "Mission" Work!

Love INC's "Change Your Life" relational ministry program (classes, mentoring, real homework, rewards and more) is helping residents of Gallatin County make improvements in many facets of their lives.

You can be a part of this significant and meaningful ministry!  Right now, we have openings for people to:

• Set up and/or take down classroom tables and arrange chairs
• Bring snacks for adults and children
• Make coffee

These simple tasks are a way for you to give to others in the Name of Christ.  With your help, our teachers can focus on providing excellent instruction, mentors who volunteer their time can focus on the people they are helping, and the Change Your Life participants can fully experience the love of many caring Christians. 

Can you serve Christ behind the scenes once a week (Tuesday evening)?  Call Love INC or email rmloveinc @ yahoo.com (with no spaces in the email address) to discover how you can be a part of compassionate Christian outreach -- an outreach that transforms the lives of your neighbors.

Note: All Love INC volunteers must be members of a local Christian church and agree with the faith expressed by the Apostles' Creed (which includes faith in the Trinity, the two natures of Jesus Christ: fully God and full man, and the bodily Resurrection of Christ).

 

Behind the Scenes

Serve Christ behind the scenes in the Love INC ministry office!  Current positions open:

     Receptionist - 10 a.m. to Noon, Wednesdays
     General Office (Clerical) Worker - 10 a.m. to Noon, Mondays  OR  Noon to 2 p.m., Mondays

You have skills and talents to offer!  These volunteer positions offer a great opportunity to work among fellow Christians and serve others through administrative support "behind the scenes." 

Experience the joy of serving Christ through Love INC!  Contact the office today for details.
Email: loveincoffice @ yahoo.com  (no spaces, though, in the email address).

All Love INC volunteers must be members of a local Christian church and agree with the faith expressed by the Apostles' Creed (which includes faith in the Trinity and the two natures of Jesus Christ: fully God and full man).

Receptionists Needed

Have you ever wondered how you can serve Christ and help your neighbors?  Have you wanted to make a difference in our community?  The Love INC phone lines are ringing and you can be the "voice of Christ" to answer a call for help.

If you can answer a phone, take messages and serve two hours per week (or more) in the office, you can have a ministry in a key Love INC position as a phone receptionist -- the front lines of Love INC.   All Love INC ministry begins with a phone call.  You can serve Christ behind the scenes, surrounded by caring Christians.

Please contact the office today via email:  loveincoffice@yahoo.com  for information or to volunteer.  You will receive training and assistance in the position.  Several receptionist shifts are open during each week, which means the phones are ringing with no one to answer them.

A resident of Gallatin County with a need is calling Christians for help and hope.  Can you take a shift and answer the phone?

(Note: All Love In the Name of Christ volunteers are practicing Christians who regularly attend a local Christian church and can subscribe to the faith outlined in the Apostles' Creed.)

Love INC Luau!

Calling all Love INC Volunteers!  Mark your August calendars! The 2nd Annual Love INC Volunteer Appreciation Picnic will begin at 6 p.m., Tuesday, August 10, at the River Rock Community Center (101 River Rock Road, Belgrade).

Again this year, all current Love INC volunteers (who have completed a Talent Tithe) are invited to a lively and informal evening of food, fellowship and fun - a celebration with a tropical flare! Bring your family along!  No program, no responsibilities - just a good time together with your fellow servants in Christ. 

Love INC will provide hot dogs, brats, and beverages (and a great luau atmosphere).  Please bring a salad and/or dessert to share.  Love INC Board Members and staff will serve YOU!  See you there!

Auto Mechanic: A Ministry Leader

Love INC is looking for an experienced auto mechanic to serve as the lead volunteer in our Car Clinic ministry.  After serving since Love INC's beginnings, Bob DeYoung, our Car Clinic master mechanic, is seeking to retire.

This is a volunteer position. The Car Clinic operates one Saturday per month, usually for about a half day.  Clients are screened and make their appointments in advance through the Love INC office.  Car repairs are limited to a number of specified, manageable types. 

The Car Clinic leader needs to be a dedicated person with appropriate experience and skills, who will work with a team of volunteer mechanics, as well as serve as the main information resource for the Car Clinic.  He/she must be a member of a local Christian church. 

Car repair can be a killer for our neighbors in need.  Car clinic mechanics have a great time together, spending one Saturday morning a month making a difference in people's lives. Please contact Love INC and use your skills to lead a ministry!  loveincoffice@yahoo.com